Ruby Throated Hummingbird

These male Ruby Throated Hummingbirds posed nicely for me and my camera last week.

I was just heading out for a hike in Northwest Ontario Canada, with my faithful pup Charlee, and I happened to be wearing a red, short sleeved t-shirt. Just as we neared the edge of a tree-line, one of these guys came whizzing right up to me, and hoovered beside my right shoulder. I could hear him there, but I could not see him without turning my head. When I turned my head to look, I suppose I startled him and he whirred off.

This gave me an idea. I quickly changed shirts, and put out my red one with a stack of red and yellow plastic drinking glasses filled with some sweet water.

I spent the next hour waiting patiently for their return. They would come very in-frequently to investigate the red shirt, but none of them were checking out the glass of sugar-water. I gave up and left the area. I came back the next day to see if any of them had gotten the idea, and sure enough, they had.



Here are some of my resulting shots.





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